MBATourism Strategic Management
| Study location | Latvia, Riga |
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| Type | MBA, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 2 years (120 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | MBA (Professional Master's degree in Business Administration) |
| Tuition fee | €3,090 per year |
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| Application fee | €200 one-time |
| Deposit | €500 one-time ДЕПОЗИТ ДЛЯ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ПОСТУПАЮЩИХ ИЗ СТРАН, НЕ ВХОДЯЩИХ В ЕС/ЕЭЗ/СНГ, А ТАКЖЕ НЕ ЯВЛЯЮЩИЕСЯ ГРАЖДАНАМИ СОЕДИНЁННОГО КОРОЛЕВСТВА ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИИ И СЕВЕРНОЙ ИРЛАНДИИ, ШВЕЙЦАРИИ, СТРАН ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ АЗИИ, ГРУЗИИ И УКРАИНЫ. |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) We require minimum score of 60% for the last obtained applicable education. Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. Diplomas and transcripts issued outside EU must be legalized with a legalization stamp or Apostille. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Notarized with translation into English and apostilled diploma with annex (secondary education and Bachelor) |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English TOEFL IBT – (72 points) |
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| Other requirements | Curriculum Vitae; After positive online interview, applicants’ education document copies will be submitted to the Academic Information Centre for verification. This procedure can take up to 4 weeks. |
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Overview
The study program “Tourism Strategic Management” prepares students for work in the field all over the world. This is a great opportunity for students who see their career in an international environment. In this program you will gain strategic management and planning skills, and learn the regularities and techniques of forecasting. You will learn to analyze, study and forecast trends in the tourism and hospitality field in the Baltics and around the world.
The Professional Master’s Degree Program “Tourism Strategic Management” provides a broad knowledge base and provides a strategic perspective on global tourism developments. The study program is proud of its lecturers – outstanding industry practitioners representing tourism and related fields – hotel management, tourism policy planning at the national level, and restaurant business. During the study process, students develop viable strategies for the development of new tourist destinations that provide an opportunity to learn about strategic tourism planning in practice. Students gain invaluable insight into development and trends of the global tourism industry by participating in the world’s largest IT exhibition, ITB Berlin, which is also a valuable platform for international contacts.
Programme structure
In the framework of the study program you will learn how to reasonably discuss complex aspects of tourism management, develop corporate and institutional strategies in today’s changing environment, find solutions to complex and unpredictable operating conditions of tourism industry companies, research, analyze and compare tourism destinations in Latvia and understand the interaction between tourism and other fields.
Career opportunities
Manager of tourism and hospitality companies in Latvia or abroad;
Tourism development and research project manager;
Tourism specialist in municipalities, tourism information centers;
Senior manager in state or municipal institutions.